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F4U-1C of Navy Squadron VF-85. Default Textures only.
This aircraft represents an F4U-1C of VF-85 aboard USS Shangri La
CV-38 in May and June 1945. VF-85 was designated as the "fighter"
unit aboard Shangri La, and operated alongside their "fighter bomber"
sister squadron VBF-85 which was equipped with F4U-1D corsairs. VF-85's
role was intended to be CAP, escort, interception and otherwise fleet
defense work due to the 20mm cannon that the F4U-1C sported. Joe Royal.
671K |
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F4U-1D of Navy Squadron VBF-10. Default Textures only.
This aircraft represents an F4U-1D of VBF-10 aboard USS Intrepid CV-11
18 March - 16 April 1945. VBF-10 shared the history with her sister
squadron VF-10 from which they had been spit off from to increase
organizational effeciency. Joe Royal. 608K |
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F4U-1D of Navy Squadron VBF-86. Default Textures only.
This aircraft represents an F4U-1D of VBF-86 aboard USS Wasp CV-18
4 March - 15 August 1945. VBF-86 replaced 2 Marine squadrons VMF-216
and VMF-217 in F4U's shipboard operations aboard Wasp. Due to a bomb
hit on Wasp on 19 March which forced her to return to Ulithi for repairs,
VBF-86 only participated in the last 6 weeks of the conflict. Joe
Royal. 605K |
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F4U-1D of Navy Squadron VF-84. Default Textures only.
This aircraft represents an F4U-1D of VBF-84 aboard USS Bunker Hill
CV-17 16 Feb - 11 May 1945. Led by former VF-17 Jolly Roger XO LCDR
Roger Hedrick, and with 4 other frmer Jolly Rogers VF-84 and the two
Marine F4U squadrons VMF-221 and VMF-451 brought the F4U strength
on Bunker Hill to 71 Corsairs strong. The corsairs of Air Group 84
did a lot of damage to Japanese forces until Bunker Hill was hit by
2 kamakazis on 11 May. Joe Royal. 670K |
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F4U-1D of Navy Squadron VBF-83 Default Textures only.
This aircraft represents an F4U-1D of VBF-83 aboard USS Essex CV-9
4 March - 15 August 1945. VBF-83 replaced the 2 Marine squadrons VMF-124
and VMF-213 which began the F4U's operational shipboard legacy aboard
Essex in December 1944. Joe Royal. 478K |
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F4U-1D of Marine Squadron VMF-214 Default Textures only.
This is a repaint of the stock F4U-1A TEXTURES ONLY. This aircraft
represents an F4U-1D of VMF-214 the Black Sheep aboard USS Franklin
CV-13 in March 1945. Led by Greg Boyington's former XO, Maj Stanley
Bailey, VMF-214 joined VMF-452 and VF-5 to bring Franklins corsair
strength to some 70 F4Us strong. "Big Ben's" Corsairs hardley got
into the fight however when a Judy dive bomber placed a bomb amid
31 fueled and armed aircraft on 19 March creating an inferno that
took Franklin out of the war, and off of active duty, nearly destroying
the ship and causing 1,100 casualties. Joe Royal. 594K |
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